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DélioPT on 30 April 2017
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Slownenberg said:
DélioPT said:
MK 8 was hit on Wii U despite the low userbase (uninteresting console, too!).
If there's a Wii U game that can sell really well on Switch - and the console itself, btw - it's MK 8.

The game's sales were cut due to low install base, so, no wonder we are seeing this game selling really well worldwide.

I don't see it surpassing Zelda BoTW, but it might end up getting close to it.

ummm are you kidding me?? I definitely see it passing Zelda. It's Nintendo's biggest multiplayer game (SSB is close). Mario Kart as a series is a much bigger seller than Zelda. Granted this Zelda is obviously gonna be the best selling Zelda ever (should hit 10 million), and Mario Kart sales will be hurt a little by Wii U MK8 owners not double dipping on it, but I fully expect MK8D to cruise right on by 10 million sales as soon as the Switch userbase size allows it.

I know MK, as a series, sells a whole lot more than Zelda. But there's 2 things going against it:

It's not a new game anymore and because of that, some or a lot of the excitement from non-Wii U owners might have passed;
It's also not new enough from the 7+ million who already bought it.

I think it's biggest setback might really be that this is a 2014 game with a few new add-ons.
Not to mention that MK 9 might arrive in one or 2 years and cut into it's sales.